How does water carrying tissues in plants differ from other tissues? easy10 pts!?

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Answer 1

Mature, functional xylem cells, vessels and tracheids, lack cytoplasm.  The cells are jointed end to end and side to side so a conduit or pipeline is created from the roots throughout the plants.  A toothpick is formed from the xylem or wood of specific trees, birch, if I remember correctly.  Eventually, the xylem cells become clogged with minerals and organic molecules and becomes nonfunctional or heart wood.  The sap wood is the younger xylem cells that still transport water.  New xylem cells are produced throughout the growing season by an embryonic tissue called the vascular cambium.

Answer 2

Xylem elements are no longer living.  I.e., they have lost their cytoplasm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylem

Answer 3

Firstly, water-carrying tissue = Xylem.

I will keep this a little simpler in comparison to the other responses.

Basic Difference from some are all other tissues.

- The Xylem LACKS cytoplasm!

- The Xylem is Hollow

- The Xylem is developed of DEAD cells.

Answer 4

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